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synthetics

synthetics is the plural of synthetic.

Meaning of synthetic

Noun

synthetic (plural synthetics)

  1. A synthetic compound.
    • Only plastics and synthetics that cannot be recycled will end up in landfills, he said.2007 January 14, Elsa Brenner, “Art House to Get a Campus”, in New York Times

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Questions about synthetics

What is synthetics the plural of?
Synthetics is the plural of synthetic.

Words near synthetics in the dictionary

  1. synthetic theory
  2. synthetical
  3. synthetically
  4. syntheticism
  5. syntheticity
  6. synthetics
  7. synthetise
  8. synthetised
  9. synthetises
  10. synthetising
  11. synthetism

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